Helped on Our Way to Heaven: Eighteenth-Century English Baptists on Marriage - Paperback

by Matthew D. Haste (Author), Nathan A. Finn (Foreword by)

This work is an academic study of marriage in the lives and theologies of eighteenth-century English Baptists. It explores the historical context of marriage laws and practices in eighteenth-century England and demonstrates the theological continuity that existed between the English Puritans and the Particular Baptists on the subject of marriage. The study concentrates on four specific Baptist leaders of this era: John Gill, Anne Dutton, Samuel Stennett, and Andrew Fuller. This work will benefit students of history and readers interested in the spirituality of marriage.

Author Biography

Matthew D. Haste is associate professor of biblical spirituality and biblical counseling at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the co-author of Held in Honor: Wisdom for Your Marriage from Voices of the Past (2015) and the co-author of The Pastor's Life: Practical Wisdom from the Puritans (2019).